[Mind's Eye] Re: Enlightenment

2012 Allan :)

On Aug 2, 7:51 am, allan deheretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will be glad when I get to a cricket game with my friend..  then maybe I
> will be able to understand what you said..  but it sounds great.
> Allan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:41 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sometimes it really did seem that lethal Para - the ten wickets fell
> > for 7 runs.  The following year, again in the last game of the season,
> > needing to tie to win the championship we were 120 for none chasing
> > 130 with me due to bat at 4.  I was on nights so asked the skipper if
> > I could shower and get ready to leave early.  He gave me the nod.
> > Wickets started to fall quicker than trousers in a brothel and I had
> > to pad up again.  I got in at the 7th wicket down with us needing one
> > to win, smashed my first ball just wide of cover.  He ran out the
> > other guy, leaving me off strike.  My best mate came in, walloped his
> > first ball and was caught at long on.  We crossed, so I had strike on
> > what was now the last ball.  The scores were tied, leaving me either
> > to score one to win or get out so it was a tie and not a draw.  The
> > bowler had taken four wickets in the last over, plus the run out.  I
> > charged the ball and swear the non-striker was passing me as I screwed
> > up the slog and dropped the bat on the ball and sprinted to the
> > bowler's end.  I think I made it anyway, but the ball missed the
> > stumps.  The rain, which had held off all day unleashed and I was
> > soaking by the time I got back in the pavilion. You got the back foot
> > raider right - for most of my scoring shots - I'd have been your bunny
> > with that in-ducker.  I bowled 13 consecutive maidens in the first
> > game mentioned before taking the first wicket - a pre-arranged quick
> > one with the keeper down the leg-side for a stumping.  My execution
> > was dismal, the ball a foot wide of off, taking a bottom edge and
> > resulting in the best keeper's catch I've ever seen.  I was bowling
> > off-breaks by then.  The last ball of that game is recorded as leg
> > before, though the batsman would disagree as he thought he'd glanced
> > it for four.  We offered to rescind our appeal after the match, but
> > their skipper declined on the grounds the other team that would have
> > won the title were a bunch of slimy toads.
>
> > On Aug 1, 9:20 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Wow Archytas, that must have been one heck of a strip...10 wickets in
> > > 8 balls...amazing.
>
> > > I used to be a pace opener, with a late outswing starting at middle,
> > > seaming just short of a length, four slips, a deep gully/point, and a
> > > short square leg; my party trick was the shade slower, fuller, 1 late
> > > inswinger of the over, just the trick for back foot raiders like
> > > yourself :) Great days indeed...takes me back to a time when i was
> > > just 12st or under :)
>
> > > On Jul 31, 10:06 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I played at a 'tidal club' Para - as far from the sea as you can get
> > > > in England, but tidal nonetheless.  Very hard to describe the 'tidal'
> > > > conditions, but it would all start with the kind of rip-snorter Swanny
> > > > got in the current Test.  When I was still young enough to bowl chin
> > > > music we'd have the other side's batsmen remembering urgent
> > > > appointments and driving off without taking their turn.  The trick at
> > > > these times was to bowl slower and just let the pitch spit the ball at
> > > > the poor sod batting.  When batting you had to give up playing forward
> > > > and only play square of the wicket to get runs - the game was turned
> > > > upsidedown.  We beat a few county sides on that track thanks to the
> > > > 'tide'.  The tide seemed to be inspired by using the heavy roller at
> > > > tea.  Great days.  We won a championship on the last day on a tide
> > > > pitch after the opposition were 72 for none chasing 80 to win.
>
> > > > On Jul 31, 9:06 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Sold! I'll take them all! Lol.
>
> > > > > On Jul 31, 8:35 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > There's a lingerie football league and beach volley ball, etc.
> > > > > > Seriously, sports are often a ballet of form and extraordinary
> > display
> > > > > > of what the body/mind is capable of. It's real- versus paintings or
> > > > > > statues of nudes at a museum. And the horses! :-)
>
> > > > > > On Jul 30, 7:31 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Err, yeah...might depend on the sport in my case, rigsy :)
>
> > > > > > > On Jul 30, 8:31 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Also football uniforms. Well, we are admiring bodies and
> > physiques in
> > > > > > > > sports, aren't we? :-)
>
> > > > > > > > On Jul 29, 2:39 pm, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > I've always thought that baseball players have an interesting
> > sense of
> > > > > > > > > dress style, rigsy; somewhat "hugging"? :)
>
> > > > > > > > > On Jul 29, 2:21 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > We have baseball. :-)
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Jul 28, 4:42 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Lol. Yeah, i've seen some innovation in rugby, for sure.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Well, cricket is one sport that i am passionate about (at
> > least as far
> > > > > > > > > > > as i can be passionate about sport). It's at once a game
> > of supreme
> > > > > > > > > > > patience and incredible reaction speed. You have the
> > batsman who, with
> > > > > > > > > > > the right "guard" and standing perfectly motionless, is
> > practically
> > > > > > > > > > > impenetrable, against a bowler and 10 strategically
> > placed teammates
> > > > > > > > > > > who patiently and cleverly induce the batsman to make a
> > "false" stroke
> > > > > > > > > > > with ever so subtle changes in the speed, flight,
> > movement, trajectory
> > > > > > > > > > > and/or spin of the ball. When it happens, it can be a
> > beautiful
> > > > > > > > > > > thing :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 28, 7:23 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Until I came to Europe I never was a fan of any sport,
> > since I have become a fan of rugby ,, ever since I watched a man fall on the
> > ball with the other team piled on top.  But his legs were sticking out of
> > the pile. So his mates (6) grabbed his legs and used him like a wheel
> > barrow. As for cricket,, I have never gotten it wrapped around my mind.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Allan
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 27 jul. 2011, at 17:42, paradox <
> > eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought that Relativity was pretty revolutionary,
> > actually; less
> > > > > > > > > > > > > "fundamental" than perhaps String Theory, but frame
> > shifting for sure.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > So, you're a rugby man, eh? I'm more cricketer
> > myself; all that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > physical contact would have strained my control
> > beyond breaking
> > > > > > > > > > > > > point :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Btw, your ballet's not at all lacking :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 5:35 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> The point, Para, is not that Einstein is bull, but
> > that interpreting
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Relativity as 'new physics' always was.  I did my
> > dancing on the rugby
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> field so you can expect my ballet to be clumsy!
> >  Chemistry is more my
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> line, but Ludwig and Snell satisfy me that the
> > 'paradigm' stuff is
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> wonky.  I suspect we are collectively very dumb as
> > an alternative to
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> enlightenment concepts - most people don't learn
> > much.  Thus they
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> remain prey to the Old One.  Indeed, it's the
> > propaganda of the Old
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> One that prevents enlightened society, aimed as it
> > is at the dumb.  I
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> believe this may be what leaves us with only the
> > worst of democracy.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> There has been no enlightenment,only some space
> > developed away from
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> the old Idols.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Jul 26, 1:01 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Not sure of what you mean. Do you want e-books to
> > be controlled in
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> content? Take history, for a long time it was
> > written by the winners/
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> colonists, etc. until the "losers" started
> > publishing their stories/
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> recollections. A good example is "Bury My Heart at
> > Wounded Knee".
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> There are countless books/ personal confessionals
> > (St. Augustine,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Newman, C.S. Lewis, etc.) that have inspired
> > others- perhaps readied
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> them for a personal journey of their own. The
> > "enlightenment" is not
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> always religious/spiritual- there are the arts of
> > man/women which also
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> inspire an individual/society. There is also
> > propaganda and deceit as
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> a path to power.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> On Jul 25, 11:13 am, Allan Heretic <
> > dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> LOL. Yeah I am still here,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> Enlightenment is a fascinating subject, to me it
> > always will be an experience(s) yet there are may book thumpers thumpers can
> > sight article and books many volumes justifying what they have to say. When
> > you get discussing enlightenment you begin discussing personal experience
> > not that of others.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> Putting it simply in my opinion your personal
> > experiences will stand on their own ..
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> Allan
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> On 25 jul. 2011, at 16:30, paradox <
> > eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>> Thing is archytas, though i dont altogether feel
> > "on board" with your
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>> critical insights, your arguments are
>
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